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"I'm hungry, let's go eat breakfast first." Amamiya Natsuki looked at Kaguya, seeking her opinion, "Do you want rice or potato pancakes and vegetable salad for breakfast?"
Shinomiya Kaguya didn't hesitate and quickly made her choice: "Rice."
"Then rice it is."
Amamiya Natsuki glanced around and saw a Matsuya restaurant right ahead. He led the two girls directly inside.
Japan's breakfast industry is actually quite lacking. Places where you can eat breakfast outside are either KFC and McDonald's, or chain fast-food Restaurants like Matsuya and Yoshinoya.
KFC's breakfast usually consists of potato pancakes and vegetable salad, and the interior has a sofa environment, which is very popular with elderly people. Many seniors will order a breakfast and then take out a newspaper to play crossword puzzles all morning.
In contrast, chain Restaurants like Matsuya primarily serve Japanese breakfast.
As Amamiya Natsuki led Kaguya and Sayu in, the diners in the fast-food restaurant looked over in surprise.
Most of the people eating in the fast-food restaurant were office workers, and they were all single men. Looking around, there wasn't a single woman—just like whales aren't fish, places like Matsuya can't be considered formal restaurants; they're just chain fast-food joints, too low-class, so girls basically don't come in to dine.
Of course, Kaguya and Sayu naturally didn't care.
In a player's eyes, whether it's a five-star hotel or a civilian fast-food restaurant, it's all the same; filling one's stomach is the most important thing.
"Are those two girls JK?"
"So cute, they'd have no problem becoming idols."
"Today is Saturday, and there's no school, and it's so early... Did they not go home last night?"
"I saw it clearly from the window; the three of them walked over from the Love Hotel street..."
"..."
The diners in the restaurant whispered, and after learning where Amamiya Natsuki and the two girls came from, resentment immediately filled the entire room.
"Bastard! Can you do whatever you want just because you're good-looking?"
"He's just a high school student, yet he takes girls to a hotel, and two cute girls at that! He should be burned at the stake!"
"Me, I'm almost thirty, and to this day, I haven't even held a girl's hand..."
"Don't say it, me too."
"Born a human, I am sorry."
"..."
Amamiya Natsuki ignored the resentful gazes of these diners and led Kaguya and Sayu to a corner to sit down. Then he ordered three of the most expensive main course sets, including white rice, pan-fried dumplings, tamagoyaki, miso soup, pickles, seaweed flakes, grilled saury, and so on... Although he said 'most expensive,' it didn't cost much money.
While the waiter went to get their food, Amamiya Natsuki intertwined his fingers and smiled: "Last night's Theater performance was very good. I received more than forty game coins in performance fees."
Shinomiya Kaguya heard this, pursed her delicate cherry-like lips, and whispered, "Is that enough?"
"That's right."
"Did you buy it?"
"I'll buy it now."
"..."
Sayu didn't interrupt, sitting quietly beside them, sipping water.
Amamiya Natsuki opened the game panel, entered the mall, looked at the golden legendary skill locked by the item card, and silently paid the fee.
"Confirm purchase of this skill?"
"Confirm purchase."
As Amamiya Natsuki silently confirmed, the next moment, a golden stream of light descended from nowhere, enveloping Amamiya Natsuki.
"Eh? Eh?"
Sayu's eyes widened, and she quickly looked around.
Fortunately, this light was only visible to players; the diners in the restaurant showed no unusual reaction, which relieved her.
"I didn't expect a Golden Skill to have a learning effect," Amamiya Natsuki opened his eyes. "It seems I need to be more careful next time."
As Amamiya Natsuki spoke, he set the skill panel to public display.
A brand new golden skill prominently appeared in the skill bar. Not only that, but the golden skill's icon also had a burning effect, like flames—a Golden Skill naturally had to be unique.
"Skill: I'll continue for myself for another second."
[Quality: Golden Super Rare]
[Ability: Time Stop]
[After activating Time Stop, time will pause for one second. During this period, the player can move freely. Please note that Time Stop can only be activated once per minute.]
[Remark: Humans have limits. The more you play with schemes, the more you will fail in unexpected ways... I'm not doing humanity anymore! JoJo!]
"Amazing!"
Sayu's eyes widened, and she exclaimed with genuine surprise.
After she ran away from home, she unfortunately became a player. It hadn't been long, and so far, she had only gained a few basic attribute enhancement points and hadn't learned any skills.
Now, seeing the golden legendary Time Stop skill, she was naturally filled with awe.
"By the way..." Kaguya Shinomiya folded her arms across her chest and said softly, "What can you do with one second of Time Stop?"
"You can do a lot of things." Before Amamiya Natsuki could speak, Sayu interjected, "For example... for example, that..."
After stammering for a while, Sayu couldn't think of what could be done in one second. She propped her chin with both hands and said:
"Alright, one second is indeed a bit short. It would be great if it could grow like Dio's."
Clearly, this Sayu was also a JoJo fan.
"What can be done? We'll know once we try."
Amamiya Natsuki raised his right hand and lightly snapped his fingers.
Snap.
The next instant.
The entire world suddenly pressed the pause button.
Dust floating in the air, food crumbs falling from a customer's mouth, birds flying outside the window, ripples in the miso soup, and Kaguya and Sayu sitting opposite him... Everything came to a standstill, frozen.
Amamiya Natsuki quickly discovered that as long as he remained still and didn't use that one second, the world before him would remain unchanged.
So, what could be done in one second?
Amamiya Natsuki tried to extend his right hand.
The next moment, time began to flow again.
"Hmm?"
Kaguya Shinomiya looked down at her right hand in surprise. She remembered clearly that she had just reached out her hand to pick up chopsticks, but now it was held in Amamiya Natsuki's hand.
"You... just used the Time Stop skill?"
Kaguya Shinomiya's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she quickly guessed the truth.
"That's right." Amamiya Natsuki gently squeezed the Young Lady's soft, boneless, and tender hand. "Didn't you ask me what could be done in one second?"
"Now I can answer you."
Amamiya Natsuki looked directly into the Young Lady's beautiful eyes and said softly:
"One second is enough for me to hold your hand."
The silly Young Lady's pretty face quickly flushed, even the tips of her ears turned crimson. She bit her lip and said:
"Don't get handsy during dinner... Let go of me."
"No." Amamiya Natsuki said righteously, "First, let me test if the Time Stop skill can be copied and pasted."
Kaguya Shinomiya's heart stirred slightly. She endured the shame of being watched by others and let Amamiya Natsuki tease her.
A moment later.
The silly Young Lady finally couldn't bear it anymore and glared at him with a crimson face: "Are you done?"
"I'm done." Amamiya Natsuki released her hand and shook his head regretfully, "The skill can't be pasted."
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